"Some of us can live without a society but not without a family."
- Amit Kalantri
"In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach."
"You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian."
"In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts."
"On Ryukyu islands, the expert Kara-te practitioners, used their skills to subdue, control and generally teach bullies A lesson, rather than severely injure or kill their attackers. They knew full well..."
- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
"Tru, this is your home. You are my blood kin, my second cousin thrice removed. But blood kin's not the most important kin. Do you know what is?" "No, sir." "Love kin. And that comes from the heart. Th..."
- G. Neri
"I don’t know why—it’s just that—I don’t know—they’re not kin."—Surprising word, I think to myself never used it before. Not of kin—sounds like hillbilly talk—not of a kind—same root—kindness, too—they..."
- Robert M. Pirsig
"Now”—she leaned in a bit—“would you like to go flying with Grandmum before we take you home, so you can watch her toss cows around for no other reason than her own amusement?”“Sounds unnecessarily cru..."
- G.A. Aiken
"Éibhear isn’t my friend. He’s kin. A blood relation.”“Which means what exactly?”“To a Cadwaladr, it means that if I have good cause, I could beat the scales off his back and get away with it."
"But family connections are weird. Even if your relatives aren't good to you, they're still your blood. You can't lose that connection completely. And believe me, I've got a few relatives on my dad's s..."
- Rick Riordan